Ingenious solutions transforming hydropower industry 

Delivering innovative hydropower equipment, operation, and maintenance for sustainable energy globally.

ANDRITZ HYDRO Pvt Ltd is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Austrian company ANDRITZ HYDRO and, therefore, part of the international technology group ANDRITZ. ANDRITZ HYDRO is one of the leading global suppliers of hydromechanical (HM) and electromechanical (EM) equipment and operation and maintenance for hydropower plants. With over 185 years of accumulated experience and more than 33,200 turbines installed, totalling approximately 489,000 MW of output, the business area supplies a complete product range, including turbines, generators, and additional equipment of all types and sizes, “From Water to Wire” for small hydro applications up to large hydropower plants with outputs of more than 800 MW per turbine unit.

ANDRITZ HYDRO’s “Water to Wire” concept ensures long-term sustainable solutions for its esteemed clients’ green field and rehabilitation projects. Further, it is a leading global player in pump storage schemes (PSP) and engineered pumps. It has supplied over 87 units comprising an installed generated capacity of over 5,328 MW to its customers in India.

ANDRITZ HYDRO Pvt Ltd has a leading position in the Indian subcontinent and provides hydromechanical and electromechanical equipment for hydropower plants all over Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In India, ANDRITZ has supplied equipment with an installed capacity of over 19,000 MW.

ANDRITZ HYDRO leads hydropower plant operation and maintenance (O&M) and is currently the O&M contractor for Pare and Dikrong hydroelectric projects in Arunachal Pradesh under NEEPCO. The company currently undertakes O&M of over 1,500 MW of installed capacity globally and is rapidly diversifying its O&M portfolio. With its developed platform, Metris DiOMera, ANDRITZ provides a complete digital solution for the operation and maintenance of hydropower plants.

These best operating and maintenance practices’ main purpose is to enhance power generation, achieve higher plant availability, and reduce operating and maintenance costs. ANDRITZ has demonstrated these best practices in the Pare and Teesta-III projects, whereby preventive maintenance enhanced the plants’ annual generation. The clients recognised these efforts, and letters of appreciation were issued to the company.

We endeavour to become a trustworthy and reliable long-term partner for our esteemed developer-based customers by adding value through innovative, professional, world-class operation and maintenance services.

To address the O&M business in the Indian region (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) and the Southeast Asian markets, ANDRITZ O&M Pvt Ltd was formed as a fully-owned subsidiary of ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, Austria, part of the international technology group ANDRITZ.

Under the operation and maintenance portfolio, ANDRITZ provides operation and maintenance services for hydropower plants supplied by us or other original equipment manufacturers. We establish a dedicated site organisation structure with experienced plant heads and operation and maintenance teams.

The fast delegation of experts to project sites as and when required and the internal engagement of the ANDRITZ Global Experts Resources team is the essence of a business approach. While maintaining the optimal function of the plant, we govern and manage the team at the site and make suitable replacements whenever necessary. In situations with a specific mandate from the client, we establish a well-defined, structured operation and maintenance philosophy based on the customer’s and the plant requirements. We also provide training to the engineers and staff to enhance their skills and knowledge when applying the new systems provided by ANDRITZ.

While undertaking the entire operation and maintenance at the site with our manpower resources or spare-part management, including tools and consumables, we look into the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the plant with spare parts management, undertake complete record keeping and documentation, and perform audits on-site for health and safety concerns.

With our own developed Metris DiOMera, ANDRITZ’s research and development team has created a comprehensive digital solution, a digital asset management platform to complement modern hydropower plant management practices. It is initially configured for the power plant, continuously extracts and analyses data intelligently, recommends future actions and acts as the ideal predictive maintenance control tool.

The two main objectives of Metris DiOMera are: (a) optimise maintenance by reducing maintenance activities and/or intervals. (b) increase production through plant availability and reduced maintenance. Furthermore, it can optimise load dispatching between multiple generating units, thereby increasing annual production.

The system is deliberately designed to be passive to permit human intervention and plausibility in its recommended actions.

Via the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) function, all maintenance activities are programmed, scheduled and managed. Metris DiOMera continuously analyses the plant condition, considering the prevailing operating environment, to adjust and recommend new maintenance intervals dynamically. Metris DiOMera is more than just a condition-monitoring gadget; it is a fully integrated prescriptive tool utilising advanced data analytics.

Metris DiOMera finally translates all the complex analysis and reduces it into KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), KDIs (Key Diagnostic Indicators), and KTIs (Key Trend Indicators)—management acronyms to assist stakeholders in understanding and deciding on long-term strategic business actions.

Metris DiOMera adds value by providing a management basis for understanding asset performance and quantifying asset life and value.

With extensive experience and strong technological expertise, ANDRITZ has secured various O&M contracts in India and other countries. “Engineered Success” is our motto, and we are pleased to assist our customers in stepping into a new area of plant operation and maintenance.

Source:  ANDRITZ HYDRO Pvt Ltd